IACAT co-Chair Justice Secretary Leila de Lima leads partnership with Broadcast Industry Stalwarts in Fighting Human Trafficking

Report in real-time suspected human trafficking activities with the option of attaching photographs and videos as evidence. The identities of the users will be treated with utmost confidentiality. They will also have access to information and news updates about human trafficking and directory of IACAT member agencies.

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Back Row (L-R) : KBP Board Members Rey Hulog, Francis Cardona, Joselito Yabut, Philip Rama, Butch Canoy, Cookie Bartolome, Atom Henares, Erwin Galang Front Row (L-R) : DOJ Undersecretary Jose Vicente Salazar, DILG Undersecretary Rico Puno, IACAT Chair & DOJ Secretary Leila de Lima, KBP Chair Herman Basbano, CFO Secretary Imelda Nicolas, PCOO Asst Secretary Leslie Cordero

Key officials of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) and the Board of Directors of the Kapisan ng mga Brodkasters sa Pilipinas (KBP) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on May 23, 2012 during a thanksgiving lunch held at the Hyatt Hotel in Manila.

Led by Justice Secretary Leila M. de Lima and KBP Chair Herman Basbano, the MOA signing sealed the KBP and IACAT partnership in aggressively pursuing the education and awareness campaign against human trafficking. Also present were representatives from IACAT concerned agency partners -- the Department of Interior & Local Government (DILG), Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO).